WEBVTT HE SAYS ANYONE WHO UNDERESTIMATES HIM IS MAKING A MISTAKE. ADAM: MICHAEL AVENATTI HAS HIS FIRST VISIT TO FIRST IN THE NATION NEW HAMPSHIRE UNDER HIS BELTS, AND HE’S EAGER TO MEET MORE GRANITE STATE VOTERS. >> I THINK IT’S A MERITOCRACY HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. I THINK YOU HAVE TO EARN THEIR TRUST AND EARN THEIR VOTE. AND I DON’T HAVE ANY PROBLEM COMPETING ON THAT STAGE. ADAM: AVENATTI BURST ONTO THE NATIONAL STAGE EARLIER THIS YEAR AS THE ATTORNEY FOR STORMY DANIELS, THE ADULT FILM ACTRESS SUING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. BUT HE HAS A DEEP BACKGROUND IN DEMOCRATIC POLITICS AND WORKED FOR RAHM EMANUEL IN THE 1990’S DOING OPPOSITION RESEARCH. >> IT WAS BAPTISM BY FIRE, WORKING WITH RAHM AND OTHERS THAT WORKED CLOSELY WITH HIM. I WORKED ON THE LEADING CAMPAIGNS IN THE COUNTRY FOR THE TIME. ADAM: AVENATTI DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A STREET FIGHTER, AND HE’S SHOWN OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS HE CAN HOLD HIS OWN IN MEDIA BATTLES WITH THE PRESIDENT. HE TELLS US HE CAN BE JUST AS AGGRESSIVE ON THE ISSUES. WHEN IT COMES TO FOREIGN POLICY, HE’S ASKING, WHERE’S THAT DENUCLEARIZATION DEAL WITH NORTH KOREA? >> THE PRESIDENT WENT OVER TO SINGAPORE FOR THIS SUMMIT. I THINK HE WAS THERE, WHAT, 28 OR 36 HOURS OR SOMETHING. HE TOOK SOME PICTURES IN FRONT OF SOME FLAGS, WALKED ON A RED CARPET, AND SHOWED KIM JONG-UN THE LIMOUSINE, BUT WE DIDN’T GET ANYTHING SUBSTANTIVELY DONE OVER THERE. IT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD BEEN SET UP FOR A PHOTO OP. , I MEAN, THAT DOESN’T CUT IT. ADAM: AVENATTI SAYS IT’S A NEW MEDIA AGE IN POLITICS, AND DEMOCRATS NEED A CANDIDATE WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT IN 2020. HE HASN’T DECIDED WHETHER HE’LL RUN, BUT HE SAYS NO ONE SHOULD COUNT HIM